Royal Oak man crashes car into Clawson ice cream shop

CLAWSON -- A senior citizen lost control of his car Tuesday and crashed into the Dairy O building at 280 S. Main St.

Police said the man, 65, of Royal Oak, was driving north on Main when he made a left hand turn onto Madison Street where the Dairy O building is.

"He was turning left and misjudged the timing of a Fed Ex truck that was traveling south on Main," said Clawson Detective John Reinhardt. "Panic caused him to accelerate and he went up over the curb and crashed into the building."

The Dairy O, which serves ice cream during the warm months of the year, was closed and no one was inside the building when the car crashed into the north corner of the structure just before 6 p.m.

The Royal Oak man was driving a 2002 Ford Crown Victoria and was uninjured in the crash.